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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by nickff on Thursday October 08, 2015 @02:01PM (#10354649)
This is in fact not how "societies have worked since the dawn of time".[1] The innovation of the monopoly of use of violence by the state is a relatively recent one, and not demonstrably necessary or sufficient to maintain an orderly and just society.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence

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